positivity | Angels Bark

Adversity is like a strong wind. It tears away from us all but the things that cannot be torn, so that we see ourselves as we really are. ~Arthur Golden

Isn’t that the truth?! We are at our most naked when adversity strikes. We have the opportunity to see what we’re made of, and suddenly we find we have abilities that we didn’t know we had. There are always valuable lessons in times of trouble. We learn who we are, and most important, what we’re capable of in terms of surviving.

I always try to see a bright side in desperate times. It’s not always easy, but as they say, there is a silver lining in every cloud. May you be able to always see yours.

Every day do at least one thing, even briefly,

that is so meaningful and rewarding

that at the end of the day you can say with a whole heart,

“It was worth it to be alive this day.”

~ Alan Cohen

Wow. How’s that for some words to live by? This quote is very powerful and it kinda hit me in the gut, making me realize just how many days I absolutely waste. I don’t do something every day that makes me feel great to be alive. Like countless others, I just go through my days, the hum-drum ho-hum, the everyday routine that has become my life. I can’t really say that I can remember a day when I did something so extraordinary that it made me feel great to be alive.

But maybe it doesn’t have to be extraordinary. Maybe just doing little things, like being kind and loving, are all that is required to make one’s day worthy of being counted as a meaningful and rewarding day.

What do you think? What kind of things could one do each day that would make it “worth it to be alive?”